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Quick and Easy Fat Quarter Skirt Tutorial

Hello friends! I actually sat at my sewing machine and sewed last week. I know! So exciting! Today I am going to share a quick and easy skirt tutorial made entirely from Fat Quarters. I have been in love with Pat Bravo’s Summerlove collection and used it to make the perfect summer skirt for my daughter.

Fabric requirements:

1″ wide elastic for waistband

10 Fat Quarters (I used this many because I wanted the variety of fabric but you could get by with as few as 6 FQ’s)

Set aside 1 Fat Quarter for the hem finish. Take the rest of the FQ’s and cut them in half lengthwise creating two 9″ x 22″ pieces. You will need 9 total of these pieces. (You can set aside the others for a different project, or use them to make a second skirt.)

Using a 3/8″ seam allowance, sew the pieces together to form one long strip of panels. Keep all the selvage edges on the same edge, lined up evenly.

Press the seam allowances to the side. Optional: topstitch over the seam allowances for extra stability.

Square off the raw edge (opposite the selvage edges) so that the bottom edge of the skirt panel is even.

From the remaining FQ (to use for the hemming edge) cut 5 strips 3″ x 22″ wide. Sew the strips together end to end to create one long strip.

Fold the strip in half lengthwise and press.

Pin raw edges of the folded strip to the wrong-side (back) of the bottom (not selvage) edge of the panel. Sew on using a 1/4″ seam allowance. Trim off excess.

Fold the panel up to the front of the skirt panel (raw edges should now be hidden underneath the hemming strip). Press carefully and then top-stitch at the top and bottom edge of the strip to give a nice finished hem.

Bring side edges of the skirt panel together, pin, and sew with a 3/8″ seam allowance to create a skirt “tube”.

Take unfinished top edge of the skirt and fold down about 2″. Because the selvages have a finished edge, I did not worry about turning that edge under, but if you don’t like the look of the selvages there, you could do so. Sew folded edge down to create a casing for the elastic, leaving a 2″ opening at the back to of the skirt open to insert the elastic.

Measure the amount of elastic you will need and thread it through the casing, gathering the skirt as you go. Bring elastic edges together and securely sew them to each other.

And voila- a very quick and simple summer skirt, perfect for showing off lots of pretty prints.

This skirt perfectly fits a size 10-12 size girl. You could easily make a smaller version by cutting the panels slightly shorter. You could also add more panels for a fuller version. Happy Sewing!

I can think of several things for which that fabric would be perfect.<br />One of my favorite summer memories is of watching and sometimes catching fireflies. I now live where the altitude is so high that we do not have fireflies, and was thrilled when we were able to vacation where my daughter saw them for the first time.

My favorite summer memory is spending several weekend in a row at my favorite lake in Northern California. I would wake up to the smell of bacon cooking and the sounds of dogs barking kids splashing and boats running. LOvE. And I LOVE that bundle!!! Sooooo pretty!!!

My favorite summer memory is my 15 month old eating a giant piece of watermelon on 4th of July. It was the cutest mess I have ever seen and she was so happy. I follow Art Gallery Fabrics on twitter and their blog on my google reader.

My favorite summertime memory was having $.25 snow cones from Mendoza&#39;s store which was behind the city park which was across from my home. They were extra large with cherry and banana flavors and the best.

Oh how cute! Heading over there now Amy.<br />I really want to learn how to sew my own<br />skirts and other garments. :o)<br />Have a great week. Love ya! Trish<br />ps. Will be playing with the Tapestry<br />mini real soon. Thanks so much!!

Beautiful fabric and great tutorial. My fondest summer memory is water skiing on the glassy water as the sun goes down over the bay (hearing the jaws music in my head and hoping I won&#39;t fall off the ski)

I love this skirt…super cute. Just so happens I have a 10 year old DD who would love it! The fabric is amazing. My favorite summer memory is every year as a kid we&#39;d travel from California to Montpelier, Idaho. We&#39;d drive all night long (15 hours) and arrive at Bear Lake in the morning. I could hardly wait to crest Logan canyon and see the sparkling blue lake. Even to this day (I&#

Such a cute skirt and gorgeous bundle! My best memory from this summer so far will be going swimming in the river with my dog on Saturday. The water was gorgeous but her reaction was the best part. She was so stressed! She&#39;s supposed to swim, mum and dad are supposed to stay out of the water. I think I kind of blew her mind!<br /><br />Thanks for the giveaway.

Cute, cute, cute fabrics! What a great way to end the summer! When I think back to my childhood summers, I remember running out after dinner to play with the other neighborhood kids until my dad whistled us home. He had this amazingly loud and distinct whistle, something like &quot;whee-you-WEEEEEEEE-you!&quot; and when we heard it, no matter what we were doing, we were to head home. Other kids

My favorite summer memory is going to the movies with my dad. I saw some great movies back then. Also, a favorite summer memory was going to the Central library with my dad. Those trips were the reasons I love to read so much.

We follow AGF on FB and Pinterest (under Margaret W. and Margaret Quilts), and subscribe to the Art Gallery Fabrics blog. This is a cute skirt and does look like would be quick and easy to make. Thanks for the chance to win AGF fabrics, and the tutorial.

Running through the sprinkler, with the grass all crispy under my bare feet because we didn&#39;t usually water the lawn. I follow AGF on Facebook as well as their blog (and yours, do I get bonus points?)

Cute skirt. I am curious, on the inside seams, you didn&#39;t mention you used a serger or zig zag over them. Are you concerned that they will fray over time or will it be okay not to? It&#39;s such a cute skirt. The fabric is perfect! I would love to win and make my own. Thank you for the give away! I follow Art Gallery&#39;s block and Facebook.

Love Art Gallery fabrics Pat Bravo &amp; Bari J. so thank you for this giveaway. My favourite summer memory is the beach, walking in the shallow water to feel crabs hidden under foot or trying to get worms from the sand which were yards long. I never got the knack but some would just extract them taller than they were. Amazing. Hot sand, cold water, sun setting, kids again,<br /><br />Thank

Those fabrics are just beautiful and my favorite summer memory when I was a child is riding a bike with friends and eating ice cream,going to the pool.Now I love go to the beach ,walking and tapas with.<br /><br />your skirt is just elegant and beautiful!!<br /><br />I`m a happy follower of you and Art Gallery Fabrics.Thanks for the giveaway!!

I follow Art Gallery Fabrics on my yahoo page and follow your blog as well. Oh, and I follow AGF on Twitter, too.<br /><br />LOVE the skirt! It&#39;s so cute!<br /><br />My favorite summer memory is of the years before the recession hit us so badly and we were able to go home to the US and visit my side of the family and all of our friends. Sigh… Please God we&#39;ll get to that point again!

honestly, my favorite thing about summer is being to just relax with my kids at the pool. they get worn out, i get a tan. everyone&#39;s happy. i follow AGF on FB and pinterest, as well as follow their blog in reader. thanks!

Thanks for the FQ give away. I love your skirt! My fav summer memory is wading in a cool creek with my brother and sisters,(that we were told not go near to by our parents). Of course one of us fell in so we were busted.

Thanks for the give away – my favorite summer memory is waking up and having the whole day ahead of me to do what I wanted – no school! I would usually end up walking to the neighborhood pool and go swimming.

My favorite summer memories always involve family vacations. The two that stand out are a 3 week long road trip throughout all of California&#39;s great sights, and the others are all of our Disney vacations. I&#39;ve been to Disney World too many times to count…

My favorite summer memory was two years ago when we took my then two-year old daughter to the ocean for the first time. She loved it! Thanks for the chance to win – this fabric is so lovely!<br /><br />Caryn (www.sewneatbycaryn.com)

It&#39;s such a great skirt Amy…and the fabrics are beautiful! My favorite summer memory is chasing fireflies as a little girl while visiting my Grandparents in Iowa! They were such a magical thing that we didn&#39;t have in Nevada!

Such a cute skirt. I have a 12 year old girl that I could possibly convince to actually wear a skirt if she had one like this. We could also make a mini version for her 2 year old sister. My favorite summer memory is watching my dad&#39;s face turn red after I see him looking at a pretty girl on the beach and informing him that she was in my class at school. So funny!

I adore fat quarters! Especially the ones you picked. Cute! My favorite summer memories involve southeastern Idaho – miserable in the winter, but absolutely incredible during the summer (a season I never appreciated while living in so. NV). When you could see the Tetons clearly, they were absolutely breathtaking! Even though summer lasted for just a couple of months, hiking at the Palisades in

Our little local water park, &quot;Cherry Hill&quot; in Farmington Utah, is our memory making location. Fun in the Sun! I love the colors of this current giveaway. So warm and sunny. I would be tickled pink to win.

PS- I am loving the note on your comment form and I couldn&#39;t possibly agree more. BLOGGER IS MAKING ME INSANE! Don&#39;t they hear the 1000s and 1000s of bloggers griping all over the net about this problem? It&#39;s maddening. Hoping an easy solution is found soon, for all of our sakes! XO

lovely skirt and fabrics! my favorite summer memory is glastonbury festival! (all of them, haha). I am hoping to add to my favourite summer memories with the birth of my little girl in a couple of weeks

My favorite summer memory is spending two weeks in Michigan with our family. We are military and we only get to see them twice a year. Not enough! Ice cream, cook outs, country life, swimming, cousins, kayaking, and kittens. Hugs and kisses… oh the memories! Shuttermom77 at gmail dot com

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